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Give to the Michigan Humane Sodety. 7401 Chrysler Dr., Detroit, MI 48211 Detroit 872-3400 Westland 721-7300 Auburn Hts. 852-7420 Advertising in The Jewish News Gets Results Place Your Ad Today. Call 354 - 6060 70 FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1990 Sondra Rubin Shines On The Silver Screen ADRIEN CHANDLER Special to The Jewish News I t could be said that Son- dra Rubin has gotten a ghost of a chance. At age 71, Rubin, a local, semi- professional actress is in the midst of a career change — from the stage to the silver screen. Her big break has come in her son Bruce's new . film, Ghost, now showing in Detroit and nationwide. In the movie, Sondra por- trays a nun soliciting money for a homeless shelter — a small but important on- camera part that she plays to • the hilt. "I did that scene in one take,” says Rubin. "The director, Jerry Zucker, loved it. He laughed and gave me a hug and a kiss. He told me he would consider using me again in another film." So far, Rubin considers her film debut to be her most memorable part — a turning point — and the start of what she hopes will be more movie roles. Not bad for the mother of three — screenwriter Bruce, 47; builder-designer Gary, 43; and Marci, 39, an artist and mother — and grandmother of nine who has been a familiar face in local theater produc- tions for 40 years. Rubin's interest in theater was a latent one. She didn't start acting until she was 30. She's not quite sure what motivated 'her, but she was struck with the idea that she'd like to try out for a part in a local theater group's pro- duction of Mary Poppins. She landed the role of the mother, Mrs. Banks, and was smitten by the limelight. "You get butterflies before you go on," she says. "But having the audience applaud, it's very exciting." That debut was in the late 1940s. Since then, Rubin has performed in more than a dozen stage productions, from popular to classical, many of them at the Center Theater, when the Jewish Community Center was still at its Curtis and Meyers location. She has also appeared in a TV com- mercial for Chevrolet and on the old TV program, "Traffic Court." Rubin says she still loves live theater, but definitely has been bitten by the film- making bug now. As a result of her role in Ghost, she was able to join the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Being a SAG member will make potential film and commercial work much easier to obtain. Sondra Rubin: actress. Her son Bruce, who got his mother the nun's part as a way to "give her some nachas," is working on yet another film. Rubin says she hopes to be in that new production. In the meantime, Rubin manages to keep busy. She is also an artist. Her home in West Bloomfield, which she shares with her husband of 51 years, builder Jim Rubin, 75, is filled with paintings she has done, including portraits of her grandchildren. She says she intends to keep up with her artwork and other hobbies while she pursues her budding on-camera career. Rubin didn't find the con- version from stage to screen very difficult. In some ways, she says, movies are easier to do. "For the stage, you have to learn all of your lines at once. With film, you shoot in segments and there's not as much dialogue." There's also a different time element in the filming pro- cess. Rubin says she would get hustled from wardrobe to make-up to the set to just wait. And wait. But during that time, Rubin was in acting heaven, traveling in the same orbit as the film's stars. She got to ride to the set in a limousine with Whoopi Goldberg, whom Rubin describes as "a darling woman, with a wonderful per- sonality, very funny" and "says four letter words like they're going out of style." She had her make-up applied in the same trailer as Patrick Swayze, was dressed by handlers and protected by bodyguards from gawking crowds on the Wall Street set in New York City. "I felt like queen for a day." ❑